The 2025 China-California Business Forum was held on Monday, gathering nearly 500 entrepreneurs and officials from China and the U.S. state of California to promote deeper economic, trade and cultural exchanges.
In his opening remarks, Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles Guo Shaochun said that China and California have established long-term partnerships in various fields such as trade, education, climate change, culture and tourism.
"California exported 15.1 billion dollars worth of goods to China, about 8.2 percent of its total, which makes China the third largest export market of California," Guo said, adding China is the ninth largest source of investment in California and supports more than 35,000 real-paying jobs.
He emphasized that the forum is an important platform for policy dialogue, business networking, economic and trade cooperation, as well as people-to-people exchanges between China and California.
This year's Guest Province of Honor, east China's Fujian Province, has seen positive results from its cooperation with California across various fields in recent years. During the forum, the two sides signed a series of cooperation agreements.
Wang Jinfu, vice governor of Fujian, called on both sides in his keynote speech to enhance economic and trade connectivity and expand the space for mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen technological collaboration to jointly promote green and low-carbon development, and deepen exchanges and mutual learning to forge closer people-to-people ties.
"Currently, the Fuzhou area of the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone and California's Free Trade Zone have signed a cooperation agreement. The Xiamen Port and the Port of Long Beach have established a sister port relationship," Wang said.
Secretary of Transportation for the State of California Toks Omishakin focused his remarks on the potential for cooperation between California and China in addressing climate change, pointing out that both sides can deepen collaboration in green transportation and new technology development.
In an exclusive interview with China Media Group, Omishakin emphasized the importance of the Green Shipping Corridor Agreement that the Shanghai Port has reached with the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.
"The most recent year on record, was a record 15 billion dollars amount of goods movement. So with all that goods movement that's happening, it's important that the busiest port in the western hemisphere, the ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach - the San Pedro Bay ports, it's important that that port complex engage in a climate friendly agreement with the busiest port in the entire world, the Port of Shanghai," Omishakin said.
2025 China-California Business Forum held in Los Angeles to expand cooperation
2025 China-California Business Forum held in Los Angeles to expand cooperation
2025 China-California Business Forum held in Los Angeles to expand cooperation
